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Housman is one of my heroes and always has been. He was a detestable and miserable man. Arrogant, unspeakably lonely, cruel, and so on, but and absolutely marvellous minor poet, I think, and a great scholar.
A. E. Housman
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A. E. Housman
Age: 77 †
Born: 1859
Born: January 1
Died: 1936
Died: January 1
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Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.
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Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.
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All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
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The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
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Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
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These, in the day when heaven was falling, The hour when earth's foundations fled, Followed their mercenary calling And took their wages and are dead. The British regulars who made the retreat from Mons, beginning August 24, 1914.
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